Barrel



(No Model.)

J. H. BLWARD.

Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. ELWARD, OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 268,363, dated November 28, 1882,

Application filed October 25, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. ELWARD, a citizen 0f the United States of America, residing at Stillwater, in the county of Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of a barrel containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view ot' the barrel shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional View, illustrating the relation ot' the side only of the joint.

paper strips to the staves.

This invention relates to those barrels which are composed of two sets of staves-an inner set and an outer set-the staves ofthe respective sets being so arranged as to mutually break joints 5 and it consists in attaching thin strips of iiexible material along the joints between the staves of the inner set, each strip being independent of the others, and secured upon one When thus. arranged the strips can be caused to tightly cover the joints between the innerstaves, and at the same time permit to a sufficient extent the movements of the stavesrelativel y to each other without tearing or loosening said strips.

In the drawings,-AA are the outer staves; B B B2 B3 B4, theinner staves; G,the lower head, and D D the hoops, these parts being of any usual or preferred construct-ion which may be found to be adapted for use in the construction ot' this class of barrels.

E E E2 E3 represent strips of thin exible material (paper being preferable on account ot' its cheapness) attached to the outer surfaces of the inner staves, B B B2 B3 B4. In practice I prefer to use a thin strip, in order that the inner and the outer staves may be fitted tightly together. In order to avoid creasing or tearing these strips, I secure them to the inner staves in the following manner: Two strips,E E,are attached by means of glue or other adhesive substance to the stave B-one on each side thereof. The outer edges, e, ot' the strips are left free. Another strip, E2, is then pasted upon one side of the stave B', which stave is then slipped up 1to the side ofthe stave B, the

edge b of the stave B being situated under the free edge of the strip E. The staves B2 B3 are then provided with the strips E3, 85e., in the manner described for stave B', each stave having one strip and being placed in turn behind or beneath the free edge ot' the strip of the previous stave. When the whole series of staves has been completed, with the exception of the last one, Bx, this stave BX, without any strip pasted thereto, is inserted into its position, so as to have its edges beneath the free edges of the strips E EX. It will be seen that by following this process the staves can be put into position without causing any wrinkling or tearing of the strips. Moreover, if the barrel, while in use, should have the inner staves moved more or less relatively to eachother, such movements will not result in any marring ofthe tlexible strips, While at the same time said strips will be held sufficiently close against the barrel to prevent the escape or leakage of any material through the joints between the staves.

I am aware that it is not novel to construct a vessel by placing one barrel or set. of staves inside of another and arranging a paper vessel between them, and I do not claim broadly a paper lining interposed between two wooden vessels 5 but I am not aware of any previous use of a barrel or vessel constructed after the manner that mine is or having its various parts related as are the parts in the vesselherein shown.

Heretofore it has been customary to either form an entirely separate paper vessel and insert it inside of the wooden one,or wrap sheets vessel and surround'both with an outer wooden part, the sheets being applied transversely of the barrel-that is to say, transversely to the longer diameter-or apply several superposed sheets ot'paper between the two sets of staves after each sheet had been gered-that is to say, had triangular sections removed from the upper and lower edges.

The object of my invention is to provide an easily and cheaply constructed barrel, which, however, shall be suftieientl y tight for the transportation of flour, lime, and other pnlverized materials, it being desirable to have the barrels as thin and lightas possible. The staves ot' both sets can be made of the thinner, lighter,

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and inferior kinds of wood. In fact, I employ wood which is considered practically Worthless by the coopers for their ordinary barrels. The requisite strength is obtained from the duplicating of the staves, and the necessary closeness at each joint is eected by means of a single paper strip, the joints of each set of staves being broken by the staves of the other set.

The gored sheets of paper heretofore used, as above described, have necessitated a comparatively expensive operation in constructing and applying them, and such sheets have been employed only, to my knowledge, Where it was desired to entirely surround the Whole vessel Withacontinuousliningofpaper,thevessel thus constructed being intended for the transportation of liquids. If gored sheets Were to be applied in such manner as to simply cover the joints, the staves ofthe barrel must be of uniform width, or else each sheet must be gored to correspond to its barrel to insure that the gores shall cover the joints. In my case there is no necessity of a special adaptation, as the independent strips are applicable regardless of the Width of the staves. It is Well known that barrels for the purpose above alluded to are made of staves of various widths, each barv rel varying from the others, and in such cases the gored sheets are not applicable, unless it is intended to entirely surround the barrel with the lining material, and this I do not desire to do.

I do not claim as my invention a barrel having an inner and an outer set of staves arranged to break joints, as I am aware that this is old; but those experienced in the use of barrels constructed in this Way knoW that when the staves are made of thin material it is practically impossible to carry finely-pulverized material in the barrels, and the object of my invention is to provide a simple means of making barrels of this character available for these purposes.

What I claim is- In a barrel, the combination, with the inner set of staves and the outer set, of thin exible strips secured independently of each other to the inner set of staves, and each arranged to cover a joint between said inner staves, being fastened upon one side only of the joint and on a line directly adjacent thereto, whereby the straining, Wrinkling, or tearing of the strips is avoided, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN H. ELWARD.

Witnesses:

W. S. GooDHUE, M. L. SPRooT. 

